Rail-joint.



J. PILLIG.

BAIL JOINT. APPLICATION FILED APR. 18, 1910. BBIEWED mm. 12, 1010.

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RAIL JOINT. v APPLIUA'I'ION FILED A'PRJS, 1910. RENEWED D20. 12, 1910.

Patented June 6,1911,

ATTU H N EYE-i WITNESSES JOHN PILLIG, OF AMSTERDAM, NEW YORK.

RAIL-JOINT.

Application filedApril 18, 1910, Serial No. 556,107.

Specification of Letters ratent. Patented June 6, 1911.

- Rcnewcddlecember 12, 1910 Serial No. 596,571.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN PILLIG, a citizen of the United States, residing at Amsterdam, county of Montgomery, and State of New York, have invented certain new and ,useful Improvements in Rail-Joints, of

which the following is a specification.

The invention relates to such improve- I meats and consists of the novel construction and combination of parts hereinafter described and subsequently claimed.

' Reference may be had to the accompanying drawings, and the reference characters marked thereon which form a part of this specification. imilar characters refer to similar parts in the several figures therein.

Figure 1 of the drawings is a view in side i elevation of my improved rail'joint. Fig.

2 is a. central, vertical, longitudinal sect-ion of the same. F 3 is a view in isometrical rspective of a token-away ortion of the use-plate. Fig; 4 is a vertica cross-section taken on the broken line 4-4 in Fig. 1.

The principal object of the invention is to semitogether and support in alinemeiit the neighboring ends of two railway re! 5.

Other objects will appear iii-connection with the follow-ingdescription.

Referring to the drawings wherein the invention is shown in preferred form, 1, represents the baseplate of my improved rail-joint,- which is preferably of a length to rest upon three ties, 2, as shown in Fig. 1, said base-plate having three pairs of 0ppositely pro ecting ears or lugs, 3, 4 and 5, provided with spike-apertures; 6, whereby the base plate can be attached to the several ties by means of spikes.

At each end the base-plate is provided with a recessed seat; 7 adapted to receive the foot of a railway rail adapted to be confined to said seat by the sidc walls, 8, of said seat and an abutm nt, 9, at the inner end of the seat. Extending along the upper side of the base-plate from one. of the end-seats, 7, to the other, is a rib, 10, which rises gradually, preferably in stepped form, from the respective abutments, 9, to the middle of the base-plate, whcreut it is of the full height of the web, 11, of the raihwhich is of substantially the same width as said rib. The neighboring ends of theralls have their web and foot {)Hl'ilOllS rah-.away to conform substantially to of the rib, 10, the heads, 12, of the rails bethe shape ,Zif the top surface ing left intact and adapted'to rest upon the highest part of the rib, 10, at the middle of the o1nt, as shown in Fig. 2. The abutments 9, have substantially the same shape and dimensions, as seen in elevation, as,,the

foot-portion of the rails, so that the height of the rib, 10, at its middle stantially the same as the in web, 11, of therails.

The rib, 10, and webortions ofthe ioined rails bet'weentlie seats, ,arecl'am d firmly together by means ofa. pair of h-plates, 13, and bolts, 14, passing 'throu h alined apertures in the res ive fish-p ates and the web of-a rail, and other bolts,'15, passing throu h alined apertures-in the respective fish-p ates and the rib'10. The fish-plates, 13, are preferably a at in cross-section as shown in Fig. 4:. he fiahlates are of substantially the full hei ht o the webs of the rails, and afford a' -su port between the head of the rail and the use-plate of'the rail-joint; which support is co-exten sive in height with the support afforded by the-web o the rail at pointsbetween the rail-j oints. The joined railsqare held from lateral displacement' by the side-walls, 8, of the seats, 7, and are reventedfrom creeping endwiso b the a sense, as will as by the in ined risers,'15, of-the ri 10."

lportion is sub-, height-of the What I claim as newand desire'to secure by Letters Patent, is- 2 .1. In a railoint, and in combination, a baselate having. at its opposite ends seats for t e rw ective foot port ons of a pair of rails; and aving at the inner. end of each of said seats an abutment co ding in form with the foot-portioxi of the rail, and having from each'of said ,ahutments graduallynpward to the middle ofth late, whereat said rib is of substantially t e full height of theweb of a rail; 11 pair of rails having their respective web and foot portions cut away' in conformity with said abutmentand the upper side ofsa-id rib, and having footportions adapted-to occupy said seats, respectively; a pair of fish-plates embracing between them said rib and the neighboring ortions of the webs of said rails; and boltcbnnections between 'said fish-plates, some in combination, a

on its upper side a rib extending base-plate having at its opposite ends seats for the respectivefoot-portions of a pair of rails, and having between said seats a support lo! the webs of a pair of joined rails; a pair of rails cut away on the underside to adapt their web-portions to rest upon said supports, and having remaining foot-portions adapted to occupy said seats, respectively; a pair of fish-plates adapted to embrace between them the web-portions of the rails resting on Said supports, said lishplates constituting direct supports between the heads of the joined rails and said base,-

plate of'isubstantially the full height of the Web; ,pf a rail 5; and bolt-connections between said fish-plates.

3. In a rail-joint, and in combination, a basg'rplate having at its opposite ends seats for the respective foot-portions of a pair of rails, and having an abutment at the inner end of each of said seats corresponding in form with the foot-portion'of the rail, and having between said seats a support for the webs of a pair of joined rails; a pair of rails cut away on the underside -to'.adapt their web-portions to rest upon said supports, and having remaining foot-portions adapted to occupy said seats, respeetively; a pair of fish-plates adapted to embrace between them the web-portions of the rails restin on said supports, said fishplates eonstltutin direct supports between the heads of the oined rails and said base-' plate of substantially the full height of the web of a rail; and bolt-connections between said fish-plates.

In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand this 13th day of April,-1910.

' JOHN PILLIG. Witnesses v p CHARLES C. BIGLER, PATRICK J. Doom!- 

